RCW 11.12.440
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(1)Subject to RCW 11.12.450 (4), an electronic will must be:
(a)A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under
(b)of this subsection;
(b)Signed by:
(i)The testator; or
(ii)Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction; and
(c)Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request by at least two competent witnesses after:
(i)The signing of the will under
(b)of this subsection; or
(ii)The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under
(b)of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.
(2)Intent of a testator that the record under subsection (1)(a) of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.
[ 2021 c 140 s 1005 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2021 c 140 ss 1001-1016: See note following RCW 11.12.400 .